Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I , that sounds like a cancel of despair , at least coming from , fo , from your view point , if there 's nothing to be said to dissuade people , and I 'm sure you could if you wanted to give us horror stories , and scare stories |
| 2 | There needs to be some procedure , however , which is akin to the analysand coming to accept the analysts ' interpretations in the analytic setting for the hypotheses to be said to have been tested . |
| 3 | ‘ I think , Dr Markham , ’ she said firmly , ‘ if we are to improve the atmosphere around here and have a reasonable working relationship , there are one or two things that need to be said to clear the air . ’ |
| 4 | The Silmarillion by contrast seems to be trying to persuade us to see death potentially as a gift or reward — an attitude to which other authors in this sceptical age have felt drawn . |
| 5 | The Government seems to be trying to destroy the education and health services in Britain and to set up an alternative system in which wealth rules . |
| 6 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 7 | Now they appear to be trying to take the people of Norris Green down the same road and we refuse to go . |
| 8 | In the far corner , the Husayn twins appeared to be trying to lift one of them off its pedestal . |
| 9 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 10 | His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions . |
| 11 | They seemed to be trying to outstare each other . |
| 12 | By opposing new clause 4 and amendment No. 17 , the Minister seems to be trying to deny to the people who will be transferred to the new privatised subsidiaries the kind of benefits enjoyed by members of big schemes , such as the existing scheme . |
| 13 | A little group of men had got together and appeared to be trying to enlist others into a formation of some kind . |
| 14 | The one thing they seem to be trying to do now is obfuscation and delay er and I think we ought to voice our concern and I hope the Council will agree to ask the Town Clerk to express concern at the way it 's being handled . |
| 15 | He knew that he ought to be trying to sleep — he 'd managed no more than about five or six hours in the last fifty — but he was edgy and alert with the cold-water clarity of near-exhaustion . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose he 's a bit old for that sort of thing , ’ said Lili , ‘ although with that ridiculous car he drives he does seem to be trying to give an impression of boyish insouciance . ’ |
| 17 | It appeared to be trying to hypnotize him . |
| 18 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 19 | His eyes seemed to be trying to assess how much he knew . |
| 20 | There was another long pause in which he seemed to be trying to choose his words . |
| 21 | Northumberland 's Labour council leader appears to be trying to use parents and governors to further his prospective parliamentary career in Hexham by frightening people into thinking that those cuts are necessary . |
| 22 | Supposed to be trying to watch me weight |
| 23 | I 'm supposed to be trying to watch me weight now . |
| 24 | She was staring at Creggan from the top of her cage and appeared to be trying to say something . |
| 25 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 26 | The Euro institutionalists see Japan and the United States as if they were multi-national companies rather than countries , and they seem to be trying to respond in kind , as if they were the directors of Europe Ltd . |
| 27 | The absurdity of beef dumping is all the greater because the EC claims to be trying to support African cattle farmers . |
| 28 | One hand dropped to her groin but she did n't move ; she seemed to be trying to puzzle out who the caller might be . |
| 29 | In each case these writers can be shown to be trying to place the other outside the sphere of mastery rather than in a relation of negation or of reduplication of the self . |
| 30 | When DJ Lethal gets a look in , he seems to be trying to emulate Muggs ' style , choosing breaks from blues or rock-based material rather than funk or soul . |